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      Seniors to Bolster Youth-Led Climate Strikes With Day of Action Against Dirty Banks

      Seniors to Bolster Youth-Led Climate Strikes With Day of Action Against Dirty Banks

      "We have to show young people we have their back," said veteran climate advocate Bill McKibben.

      Julia Conley
      Mar 20, 2023

      Determined not to leave all the responsibility for climate action with young campaigners like Greta Thunberg and the Sunrise Movement, older Americans are organizing a nationwide Day of Action planned for Tuesday, with the aim of wielding the relative political and economic power of people aged 60 and up to pressure big banks to stop funding fossil fuel projects.

      Following actor and activist Jane Fonda's "Fire Drill Friday" protests that began in Washington, D.C. in 2019, longtime climate advocate Bill McKibben founded Third Act last year to mobilize older Americans who wanted to show solidarity with the Generation Z activists leading worldwide climate protests in recent years.

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      Kentucky Treasurer Allison Ball

      Kentucky's GOP Treasurer Falsely Claims Big Banks Are Boycotting Fossil Fuels

      The Republican threatened to divest from financial institutions including JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup—widely accused of failing to meet even modest climate goals—under a state law banning "energy company boycotts."

      Brett Wilkins
      Jan 03, 2023

      Kentucky's Republican treasurer on Tuesday threatened to divest from 11 financial institutions—including major fossil fuel investors—that she falsely claimed were "engaged in energy company boycotts" in violation of commonwealth law.

      "When companies boycott fossil fuels, they intentionally choke off the lifeblood of capital to Kentucky's signature industries," Treasurer Allison Ball said in a statement. "Traditional energy sources fuel our Kentucky economy, provide much-needed jobs, and warm our homes. Kentucky must not allow our signature industries to be irreparably damaged based upon the ideological whims of a select few."

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      Biden Policies Signal the Beginning of the End for CO2 Emissions

      Biden Policies Signal the Beginning of the End for CO2 Emissions

      We are on the verge of an amazing new, low-carbon America. CO2 emissions will be with us for years to come, but by 2030 perhaps we can start talking about the beginning of the end.

      Juan Cole
      Dec 28, 2022

      In the midst of World War II, on November 10, 1942, Winston Churchill said of the war: “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”

      The year 2022 was disappointing for the stated American goal of reducing the country’s carbon dioxide emissions, which rose by 1.5%. In contrast, China’s emissions fell by 0.9% and Europe, despite the Putin energy crisis decreased its output by 0.8%.

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